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~~~~Record of Will~~~
~~~ ~~~
I Frederick Douglass, of Anacostia, District of Columbia,
United States of America, being of sound disposing mind and
memory, do make, publish and declare this to be my last will and
testament: That is to say, in form and manner following,
First; I give and bequeath to my dear devoted wife Helen Douglass,
my house and fifteen acres of land situated Anacostia, D.C. with
all outbuildings and appurtances thereunto pertaining:
Second; I give and bequeath to the said Helen Douglass, all my writings,
books, papers, pictures, paintings, horses, carriages, harness, and
each and every description of property in and about my house in Anacostia;
except a certain portrait of myself, painted more than forty years ago
by Mr. Hammond of Florence, Massachusetts, which portrait I give
and bequeath to my daughter, Rosetta D. Sprague:
Third; I give and bequeath the said Helen Douglass, ten thousand
dollars in registered United States Bonds, and ten thousand dollars
In lawful money, the latter to be derived from my other property, not
Mentioned in the foregoing:
Fourth; I give and bequeath to my daughter, Rosetta D. Sprague, and
to my three sons, Lewis, Frederick and Charles the remainder of
all property of which I shall be possessed at my death; that is
to say, to each of them, one equal share, which will amount to about
fifteen thousand to each:
Signed and declared by the
said Frederick Douglass, the
testator, as his last will and
testament, in presence of us,
who at his request and in his
presence, and in the presence
Of each other have hereunto
subscribed our names as witnesses.
( In Witness Whereof, I have set
( my hand and affixed
( my seal this thirtieth day
( of August in the year one
( thousand, eight hundred and
( eighty-six.
( Fred Douglass (LS)
(
( B. E. Messer
( D. L. Pitcher
179
At a term of the Surrogates Court of
Monroe County, held at the Surrogate’s
Office at the City of Rochester, in and for
The County of Monroe, on the 11th day
Of May, 1896.
Present:
Hon. George A. Benton,
Surrogate
Surrogate’s Court Monroe County.
~~~~~~~~~
In the Matter of the Petition of Rosetta )
D. Sprague to have the Will of Frederick )
Douglass, deceased, recorded in Monroe County N.Y. )
~~~~~~~~~
On reading and filing the petition of Rosetta D. Sprague, duly verified on
The 8th day of May, 1896, by which it appears that she is the daughter
of the late Frederick Douglass, deceased, and that said Frederick
Douglass in his life time resided in the City of Washington, D.C.
And that he died at said City of Washington on the 20th
day of
February, 1895, and that at the time of his death he was a resident
of said City of Washington, and that at the time of his death he
was the owner of two parcels of land in the City of Rochester, Monroe
County, New York, which lands are more particularly described
in said petition, and that the said Frederick Douglass, deceased
left a last Will and Testament, and that the same was on the
22nd
day of April, 1895, duly admitted to probate in the Supreme
Court of the District of Columbia, and that the same is in all
respects regular and valid.
It is now on motion of Shuart & Sutherland, attorneys
for said petitioner,
Ordered and decreed that the certified copy of said Will of
said Frederick Douglass, authenticated in the manner described
by the Statutes of this State, which has been presented to this Court,
be placed on file in this Court, and that said Will of Frederick
Douglass, deceased, be admitted to record and probate in the County
Of Monroe, N.Y.
Geo. A. Benton
Surrogate
Transcribed by: T D Maloney
Transcription Date: 9 February 2013
Transcription Method: LM (Literal Method)
Source: Surrogate’s Court
Monroe County, NY
Records found at Monroe County Court House
Will Book Volume 57, pages 178-179
Manuscript
Status: Original record, public domain
Transcription, © 2013 by T D Maloney & Cambria Media & Research
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